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Grammar - Level C Test 84
in Level C
Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.
1. If you are ________ to customers, they'll walk out of the shop.
A. brushB. rough
C. rude
D. rusty
2. Well we did have a terrible row but we've ________ it up now.
A. turnedB. cleaned
C. sorted
D. made
3. The students ________ names appear on the list all passed the exam.
A. whichB. their
C. who
D. whose
4. You could have avoided risking ________, General Brown.
A. the life of your soldiersB. the lives of your soldiers
C. your soldiers' life
D. the life of your soldiers'
5. The young man ________ case was described in the article never fully recovered his memory.
A. whoseB. what
C. whom
D. that
6. By the time you receive this letter, I ________ for Japan.
A. will leaveB. have left
C. would have left
D. will have left
7. The idea of a balanced diet is very difficult to ________ to anyone who knows nothing about food values.
A. put throughB. take in
C. put across
D. make over
8. Today's newspaper has ________ interesting article on space travel.
A. quite anB. nearly an
C. a partly
D. an almost
9. This cloth ________ very thin.
A. feelsB. touches
C. holds
D. handles
10. Joyce's novel Finnegan's Wake continues to ________ critics, including those who find it comprehensible and call it ________.
A. appall...genialB. enthrall...nonsensical
C. baffle...transparent
D. bore...compelling
11. He is so keen ________ learning, you should encourage him in his efforts.
A. inB. on
C. for
D. of
12. I had a ________, which I couldn't explain, that something terrible was going to happen.
A. senseB. thought
C. feeling
D. view
13. They tell me he is ________ a lot of money in his new job.
A. havingB. earning
C. gaining
D. profiting
14. She is well-qualified in typing and very efficient ________ her work.
A. inB. on
C. with
D. at
15. I don't think he'll ever ________ the shock of his wife's death.
A. get throughB. get over
C. get by
D. get off
16. Since the evidence of the manuscript's ________ is ________, its publication will be postponed until a team of scholars has examined it and declared it to be genuine.
A. authenticity...inconclusiveB. truthfulness...tarnished
C. veracity...indubitable
D. legitimacy...infallible
17. It doesn't sound ________ he knows anything about it.
A. that isB. as so
C. so as
D. as if
18. On the first morning of our camping holiday, I woke up covered in mosquito ________.
A. stingsB. pricks
C. bites
D. scratches
19. She was so poor that she had to wander the streets and ________ for money.
A. demandB. request
C. appeal
D. beg
20. She's accustomed ________ living in comfort.
A. withB. to
C. at
D. for